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Title: Monk burns self to death.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #29884 MONK BURNS SELF TO DEATH An aged Buddhist monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, burns to death before spectators at Saigon, Vietnam, June 11, 1963, to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government. As other monks lay in front of nearby fire trucks to prevent their moving, the monk set fire to his gasoline-soaked robes and sat while flames engulfed him. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9-16-63-S)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, June 11, 1963, June 11, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic), Asia--Viet Nam--Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh--Saigon
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 29884; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_29884
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358022

Title: March on jail.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #50502 MARCH ON JAIL…BIRMINGHAM, Ala…Barred window of waiting paddy wagon frames demonstrators -- some singing, some praying -- as an estimated 2,000 marched on the Birmingham jail May 5 in a segregation protest. (1963).
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 5, 1963, May 5, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Police vehicles--Alabama--Birmingham., Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 50502; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_50502
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358337

Title: Heads together.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #61450 HEADS TOGETHER…BIRMINGHAM The “Big Three” of the Civil Rights Movement get their heads together here just before releasing their statement that accord had been reached on their grievances. L-R: Martin Luther King, Jr; Fred Shuttleworth; Ralph Abernathy 5-10-63
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, May 10, 1963, May 10, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham., African American clergy--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 61450; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_61450
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358338

Title: "Resurrection City."
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-37161 ‘RESURRECTION CITY’ WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “Resurrection City” begins to take shape in Washington, D.C. It will be “home” for some 3,000 participants in the Poor People’s Campaign during their stay in the national capital. The site for the camp being set up by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is situated alongside the Reflecting Pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-5C-68-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, May 1968, May 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Tents--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-37161; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-37161
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358339

Title: Negroes pray for justice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-27052 NEGROES PRAY FOR JUSTICE ALBANY, Ga. -- Negro demonstrators held a prayer meeting in front of the Albany (Ga.) City Hall to appeal for a just verdict for 11 Freedom Riders on trial there. Police form a cordon in the rear to forestall any violence. The Negro demonstrators, whose number sometimes rose to 700, held mass meetings in the Shiloh Baptist church. So far about 480 Negroes have been arrested for their participation in the demonstrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UPI-NYC-12C-61-NM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa December 17, 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany., Prayer--Georgia--Albany., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Trials--Georgia--Albany.
Geographic subjects: United States., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., United States, Albany (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Dougherty--Albany
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-27052; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-27052
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358340

Title: Dr. Martin Luther King addresses Washington marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29812 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ADDRESSES WASHINGTON MARCHERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A stirring climax to ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was reached when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stepped to the rostrum and called on the nation to end racial discrimination “now.” The Baptist minister, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was widely hailed as the “civil rights and religious leader” of the event. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29812; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29812
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358341

Title: Principals in Alabama bus boycott.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #PBLEM-18874 PRINCIPALS IN ALABAMA BUS BOYCOTT MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Three ministers are among these four leaders of the three-month boycott here protesting segregation in city buses. Twenty-four clergymen will be among those tried on March 19 for allegedly violating the state’s anti-boycott law. Left to right are: The Rev. L.R. Bennett; the Rev. H.H. Hubbard; the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy; and E.D. Nixon, president of the local NAACP. The boycott was launched in December after a Negro seamstress was fined $14 for refusing to move to the rear of a bus. Alabama state and local laws require that Negro riders be segregated in public conveyance. Protestant church groups in various parts of the country have expressed sympathy with the boycott. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MS-RAM-3C-56-NAB-PBLEM)
Creator Name(s): Smith, Mildred. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 1956, March 1956
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Bennett, L. Roy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy., Hubbard, H.H., Nixon, Edgar Daniel.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Clergy--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery., Boycotts--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., United States, Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery--Montgomery
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PBLEM-18874; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PBLEM-18874
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358342

Title: Selma march underway at long last.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32321 SELMA MARCH UNDERWAY AT LONG LAST SELMA, Ala. -- This aerial view shows a half-mile long column of civil rights demonstrators -- including many clergy -- on the first leg of a 50-mile march to Montgomery, the state capital, in support of the Negro voter registration drive. The marchers -- an estimate 3,500 left Selma -- are shown crossing the Pettus Bridge, where the first scheduled freedom march was broken up by state troopers on Sunday, March 7. This time, the march was authorized by a federal court and was protected by Army and federalized Alabama National Guard troops. Leading the walk was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which has been spearheading the long registration effort. At the end of the five-day march along U.S. Highway 80, Negro leaders hoped to present a civil rights petition to Gov. George C. Wallace, who earlier declined to protect the demonstrators. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-3D-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, March 21, 1965, March 21, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Edmund Pettus Bridge National Historic Site (Selma, Ala.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma., Bridges--Alabama--Selma., Voter registration--Alabama.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Selma., Alabama, Selma., Alabama., United States, Selma (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Dallas--Selma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32321; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32321
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358343

Title: Rights leaders pushed off road.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34393 RIGHTS LEADERS PUSHED OFF ROAD HERNANDO, Miss. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Negro civil rights leaders, are pushed off the road at they resume a voters march begun by James Meredith. Later they continued their walk, marching single file along the highway’s shoulder. Mr. Meredith was short from ambush by a white man as he was marching from Memphis, Tenn., to Jackson, capital of Mississippi, in an effort to encourage Negro voting in the state’s primary election. Religious leaders were quick to condemn the shooting and called for greater efforts in behalf of Negro voting rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-6B-66-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, June 1966, June 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hernando., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hernando., Voter registration--Mississippi., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., Clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., African American clergy--Mississippi--Hernando., Police--Mississippi--Hernando.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., Mississippi, Hernando., United States, Hernando (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--DeSoto--Hernando
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34393; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-34393
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358344

Title: Urge extreme action.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34626 URGE EXTREME ACTION CHICAGO -- Among the thousands of whites who stoned and jeered civil rights marchers in Chicago during July and August, 1966, were some who urged extreme action. Members of the National States’ Rights Party and the American Nazi Party were active participants in the anti-March protests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8A-66-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, July 1966, July 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party., National States Rights Party (U.S.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34626; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-34626
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358345

Title: American Nazis active in Chicago riot.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34652 AMERICAN NAZIS ACTIVE IN CHICAGO RIOT CHICAGO -- Roving bands of angry whites carried signs distributed by members of the American Nazi Party in continuing protests against civil rights marches in Chicago. About 2,000 white people, largely teenagers, gathered in the southwest Chicago area as three civil rights marches took place in other neighborhoods. Several of the whites, who had been throwing rocks, bottles and firecrackers at Negro motorists, were arrested in clashes with police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, August 1966, August 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34652; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-34652
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358346

Title: Chicago march leaders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34662 CHICAGO MARCH LEADERS CHICAGO -- Leaders of the civil rights marches protesting housing discrimination in Chicago discuss future strategy with their followers. Albert Raby, heading the effort, announces that plans to march in suburban Cicero have been postponed. With him are other Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials -- the Rev. James Bevel (left) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, August 1966, August 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Raby, Al, 1933-1988., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34662; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-34662
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358347

Title: Tears in Atlanta.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-45752 TEARS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA -- Members cry outside a church where the mother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was slain by a gunman in Atlanta. One other person was killed in the fusillade of bullets unleashed by a black man regarded by authorities as insane. The famed civil rights leader’s mother was slain as she played the organ in the church in which her son and her husband had served as pastors. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (L-7A-74-JW)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 30, 1974, June 30, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Death and burial., Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Families of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Church shootings--Georgia--Atlanta., Assassination--Georgia--Atlanta., Bereavement--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects: Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-45752; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-45752
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358355

Title: Signs of the past.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use in connection with Brotherhood Week, Feb. 20-27 PC-49290 SIGNS OF THE PAST Like the Birmingham, Alabama, store they are located on, “colored” and “white” entrances have been abandoned in this country. But signs of the recent past such as these still remain to remind Americans that there is a long way to go towards achieving mutual respect. Brotherhood Week, a program of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in cooperation with schools, churches and synagogues, civic, service and community organizations, serves to remind us that “Brotherhood Begins with Respect.” Brotherhood Week will be observed for the 44th time from Feb. 20-27. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Vernon Sigl (VS-NY-2A-77-DS)
Creator Name(s): Sigl, Vernon. (photographer)
Date Created: 1977, February 1977, February 1977
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--United States., Signs and signboards--Alabama--Birmingham., Brotherhood Week--United States., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Alabama, Birmingham., United States., United States., United States, Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-49290; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-49290
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358356

Title: Ministers, religion professors jailed as Freedom Riders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PF-26262 MINISTERS, RELIGION PROFESSORS JAILED AS FREEDOM RIDERS MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- These “Freedom Riders” were smiling as they arrived here by bus, but all were arrested the next day as they sought service at a segregated bus terminal lunch counter before their scheduled departure for Jackson, Miss. From left are Dr. John Maguire and Dr. David Swift, religion professors at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; George B. Smith (head partially visible), Negro law student at Yale University; Dr. William S. Coffin, Jr., Yale chaplain and head of the group; the Rev. Gaylor [Gaylord] Noyce, associate professor of the Yale Divinity School; Clyde Carter and Charles Jones, Negro theological students at Johnston C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. Others arrested at the “white only” counter were four Negro integration leaders, the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, pastor of First Baptist church here; the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth of Birmingham; the Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, an executive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Bernard S. Lee, one of nine students expelled from Alabama State College last year for trying to stage a sit-in demonstration. Another Negro leader, the Rev. Solomon S. Seay, executive secretary of the Montgomery Improvement Association, was short in the wrist the same day, reportedly by a white man in a passing car. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-5D-61-DP)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, May 1961, May 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Maguire, John David., Swift, David Everett, 1914-, Smith, George Bundy., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Noyce, Gaylord B., Carter, Clyde Larocque., Jones, Charles, 1937-2019.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Clergy--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Seminarians--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., United States, Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery--Montgomery
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PF-26262; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PF-26262
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358357

Title: Tries to calm crowd.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC 39354 TRIES TO CALM CROWD CHICAGO -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was among five persons arrested in a rock-throwing confrontation between blacks and police on the University of Illinois Circle Campus in Chicago, uses a police microphone in an attempt to quiet demonstrators. Mr. Jackson and four others were arrested when they refused to lead a group of about 600 demonstrators away from a construction site on the campus. They had gone their to press their demands for jobs for blacks at Chicago construction sites. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-9B-69-FPC)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1969, circa September 12, 1969
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago., Discrimination in employment--Illinois--Chicago., Police--Illinois--Chicago., Arrest--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC 39354; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-39354
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358351

Title: Integration in Mississippi.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-39919 INTEGRATION IN MISSISSIPPI WEST POINT, Miss. -- A white girl waits with Negro students as the formerly all-black Southside Elementary School in West Point, Miss., for the doors to open for second semester registration. Registration proceeded without incident. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-JKS-2A-70-DS)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1970, January 1970, January 1970
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., School integration--Mississippi--West Point., Children--Mississippi--West Point., School children--Mississippi--West Point.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, West Point., Mississippi, West Point., Mississippi, West Point., United States, West Point (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Clay--West Point
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-39919; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-39919
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358352

Title: Whites attack school buses.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-40037 WHITES ATTACK SCHOOL BUSES LAMAR, S.C. -- South Carolina highway patrolmen walk past an overturned and damaged school bus after a mob of angry whites, armed with ax handles and baseball bats, attacked buses bringing Negro children to the once-white Lamar High School. Police had to use tear gas to drive the mob away but three buses were damaged. Several Negro children sustained injuries from flying glass or tear gas. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-3A-70-DS)
Creator Name(s): West, Luke. (photographer), United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1970, March 3, 1970, March 3, 1970
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., School integration--South Carolina--Lamar., Busing for school integration--South Carolina--Lamar., School buses--South Carolina--Lamar., Racism--South Carolina--Lamar., Police--South Carolina--Lamar., African American children--Violence against--South Carolina--Lamar.
Geographic subjects: United States., South Carolina, Lamar., South Carolina, Lamar., South Carolina, Lamar., South Carolina, Lamar., South Carolina, Lamar., South Carolina, Lamar., United States, Lamar (S.C.), North and Central America--United States--South Carolina--Darlington--Lamar
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-40037; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-40037
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358353

Title: Solidarity Day.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-37320 SOLIDARITY DAY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign line both sides of the Reflecting Pool and they fill the foreground at the Lincoln Memorial on Solidarity Day. Demonstrators gathered at the Washington Monument, in background, and moved in an orderly manner to the Memorial. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6D-68-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, June 19, 1968, June 19, 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Picketing--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-37320; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-37320
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358348

Title: Poor People's leader jailed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-37336 POOR PEOPLE’S LEADER JAILED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Ralph Abernathy peers through the barred window of a bus taking him to jail in Washington, D.C. The head of the Southern Leadership Conference, with some 300 others, was arrested for attempting to demonstrate on the Capitol grounds. His arrest followed ouster of residents from Resurrection City by police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6E-68-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, June 24, 1968, June 24, 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Civil rights leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States, Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-37336; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-37336
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358350

Title: Arrested at A&P offices.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-41279 ARRESTED AT A&P OFFICES NEW YORK -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, national director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Operation Breadbasket, gives a clenched fist salute from a police van after he and 11 other clergymen were arrested in the building housing the national offices of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Operation Breadbasket is conducting a national campaign against the food chain, which they claim discriminates in the hiring of blacks. A&P denies the charges. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-2A-71-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971, February 2, 1971, February 2, 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Operation Breadbasket (U.S.), Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., Discrimination in employment., Police--New York (State)--New York., Arrest--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States, New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-41279; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-41279
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358354

Title: SCLC leaders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-37335 SCLC LEADERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, known as the “city manager” of Resurrection City, is shown as he embraced the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, head of the Poor People’s Campaign. Mr. Abernathy was arrested shortly after the police-enforced exodus of residents from the tent city in the nation’s capital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6E-68-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, June 1968, June 1968
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Civil rights leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States, Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-37335; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-37335
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358349

Title: St. Paul Langley Epps, circa 1960s.
Date Created: 1960, circa 1960s
Name Subject(s): Epps, Saint Paul Langley, 1916-2014.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--California--Los Angeles., African American Presbyterians., Home Missions--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects: California, Los Angeles., California, Los Angeles., United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Saint Paul Langley Epps (1916-2014) Biographical Vertical File.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=YzYzYjljY2MtNTRkYi00NDdkLTgxZmQtZGQ1NmRkZjkxMzk2&rID=ODcwOQ==&
Identifier (local): ds7469
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358360

Title: St. Paul Langley Epps, 1964.
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Epps, Saint Paul Langley, 1916-2014.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--California--Los Angeles., African American Presbyterians., Home missions--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects: California, Los Angeles., California, Los Angeles., United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Saint Paul Langley Epps (1916-2014) Biographical Vertical File.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=YzYzYjljY2MtNTRkYi00NDdkLTgxZmQtZGQ1NmRkZjkxMzk2&rID=ODcwOQ==&
Identifier (local): ds7468
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358359

Title: An entertaining interval at Methodist banquet.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: AN ENTERTAINING INTERVAL AT METHODIST BANQUET #1746 CHICAGO -- Frank Bennett (right) leads his singers in an interval of song at the Trustees’ Banquet of the National Association of Methodist Hospitals and Homes’ annual convention here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CH-MES-2-6-M)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Hospitals and Homes--Congresses., Bennett, Frank.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Singing--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1746; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1746
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358598

Title: Page from New Testament.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. English--Versions., Bible. Gospels.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1748; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1748
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358599

Title: Processional marks presentation of revised New Testament.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PROCESSIONAL MARKS PRESENTATION OF REVISED NEW TESTAMENT #1751 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- This processional was part of the ceremony at which former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen was presented with the first copy of the Revised Standard Version of the New Testament. It was held at the annual meeting of the International Council of Religious Education here. Stassen is standing third from left in group at right hand of the stage. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GS-CO-MES-2C-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Sohl, G. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., International Council of Religious Education--Congresses., International Council of Religious Education.
Topical Subject(s): Governors--Minnesota., Bible--Versions, English., Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Columbus., Processions--Ohio--Columbus.
Geographic subjects: Minnesota., Ohio, Columbus., Ohio, Columbus., Columbus (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Franklin--Columbus
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1751; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1751
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358600

Title: Revised New Testament presented to Stassen.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: REVISED NEW TESTAMENT PRESENTED TO STASSEN #S-1758 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The first copy of the Revised Standard Version of the New Testament is presented to former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen (right) by Dean Luther A. Weigle of the Yale University Divinity School. Presentation ceremony was part of the annual convention here of the International Council of Religious Education, of which Stassen is president. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-2-B-6-W-B)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., International Council of Religious Education--Congresses., International Council of Religious Education., Weigle, Luther A. (Luther Allen), 1880-1976., Yale University. Divinity School--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): Governors--Minnesota., Bible--Versions, English., Biblical scholars--Ohio--Columbus., Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Columbus.
Geographic subjects: Minnesota., Ohio, Columbus., Ohio, Columbus., Columbus (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Franklin--Columbus
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1758; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1758
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358602

Title: The Christ.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topical Subject(s): Christian art and symbolism.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1762; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1762
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358606

Title: Arab children receiving milk from American Red Cross.
Creator Name(s): Associated Press., 1919- (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Red Cross.
Topical Subject(s): Humanitarian aid workers--Africa, North., Children--Africa, North., Food relief--Africa, North., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Africa, North., World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--Africa, North.
Geographic subjects: Africa, North., Africa, North., Africa, North., Africa, North., Africa, North., Africa, North., Africa--North Africa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1765; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1765
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358607

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